On 11 February 1990 Nelson Mandela walked free after 27 years of imprisonment.

Mandela stood, fought and suffered for democracy, rights and justice. He has demonstrated remarkable qualities of leadership and personifies reconciliation. Since he walked free, as result of domestic and international pressure on the apartheid regime, much has changed throughout southern African.

On the 20th anniversary of his release ACTSA marked the occasion by looking at South Africa's progress over the last two decades, and remembering Mandela's role in bringing the country to freedom and reconciliation.